School: Ballinamore (B.) (roll number 2820)
- Location:
- Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Seán Heslin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0224, Page 172
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- A cure for a sore throat.
Get a silk stocking. Fill it with warm salt. Then tie the stocking round the sore throat. In the morning the soreness will be gone.
A cure for mumps.
Get a donkeys bridle. Put it on you. Get someone to lead you round a pig sty. Bless yourself at each corner. In a few days you will be better.
A cure for a cough.
Get the following:
1lb flaxseed
1 lb sugarcane
1/2 glass vinegar
1/2 glass brandy.
Boil the flaxweed in two qrts of water, and strain. Put in the above named things. Let it stand still to cool. Take a 1/2 glass each morning and night. In a few days the cough will be gone.
A cure for a corn.
Get 1/2 an onion dip it in paraffin oil. Rub well to the corn. In a few days the corn will be gone.
A cure for a sore chest.
Get a sheet of brown paper. Make a waistcoat of it. Then get a tallow candle, melt it on the paper. Put the paper on the chest. In the morning the soreness will be gone.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Michael Seery
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballinamore, Co. Leitrim
